July 10, 2005

Flickr-ing the Tour

So I had hoped this year to find dozens of people taking advantage of social photo services like Flickr to post their Tour photos.

Unlike most sports events played in controlled access stadiums, the Tour is run on public roads without admission, and the scale of the event, covering more than 100 miles most days makes it hard to be well positioned as a photographer.

Enter social networks: I can't be everywhere, but if 100 people lining the course cooperate, someone could photograph every single mile of most stages.